Court of Appeal of Uganda

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The Court of Appeal of Uganda is the country’s second-highest court, serving both as an appellate court and, when constituted as the Constitutional Court, as the primary forum for interpreting the Ugandan Constitution.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Constitutional Court of Uganda	3

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constitutional Court of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealFrom	High Court of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealTo	Supreme Court of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy	President of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesOnAdviceOf	Judicial Service Commission of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
bindingPrecedentOn	High Court of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ subordinate courts of Uganda ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	Judiciary of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
building	Twed Towers, Kampala NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition	panel of justices of appeal ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Article 134 of the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ Article 137 of the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
country	Uganda ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Uganda, 1995 NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	determines the constitutionality of Acts of Parliament ⓘ determines the constitutionality of actions of the executive and other authorities ⓘ hears election petitions relating to parliamentary elections ⓘ interprets provisions of the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
headOfCourt	Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
higherCourt	Supreme Court of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
location	Kampala, Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerCourt	High Court of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfJudgesRequiredAsConstitutionalCourt	an odd number of not less than five justices ⓘ
numberOfJudgesRequiredAsCourtOfAppeal	an odd number of not less than three justices ⓘ
officialName	Court of Appeal of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInJudicialHierarchy	second-highest court in Uganda ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	Deputy Chief Justice ⓘ
replaced	former Court of Appeal under the 1967 Constitution ⓘ
role	hears appeals from other subordinate courts as prescribed by law ⓘ hears appeals from the High Court of Uganda ⓘ sits as a Constitutional Court when interpreting the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
seat	Kampala NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Supreme Court of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
tenureOfJudges	until mandatory retirement age as provided by the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
typeOfCases	civil appeals ⓘ constitutional petitions ⓘ constitutional references ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Uganda → includesCourt → Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Uganda

Constitution of Uganda → establishes → Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Uganda

Acts of Parliament of Uganda → interpretedBy → Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Uganda